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Boxing Links (6-1-11)

Posted on | June 1, 2011 | No Comments

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Barnes pushes lawmakers on boxing headgear
Sydney Morning Herald
Berrick Barnes models boxing headgear at training in Sydney. Photo: Getty Images DURBAN: Berrick Barnes will explore the possibility of challenging the IRB’s regulations on headgear and designing a more protective piece following his series of head 
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Sydney Morning Herald
Pacquiao settles defamation case against De La Hoya
Los Angeles Times
Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday that he has settled his lawsuit with boxing promoters Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya, two of the four individuals he alleged defamed him. Pacquiao filed a suit in December, 2009 in federal court in Las Vegas alleging 
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Twenty questions with Bernard Hopkins
ESPN
Hopkins stopped by the ESPN campus less than a week after his record-setting victory over Pascal to talk about his life, career and future — both his and boxing’s. What is it about fighting at 175 pounds that has somehow added years to your career? 
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Murray confident ahead of European bout
RTE.ie
Christened ‘The Quiet Man’ of Irish boxing, the unbeaten Cavan man goes into this bout for the vacant European title on the back of an unblemished 24-0 professional record. Speaking from his Connemara training camp, Murray said: ‘It’s the biggest fight 
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Christy Martin Makes Comeback In Dakota Stone Rematch
SaddoBoxing.com
By Boxing Press June 1st, 2011 All Press Releases This Saturday at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, WBC female super welterweight champion Christy Martin returns to the ring for the first time in two years, completing a personal and professional 
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Ex-boxer in Tarpon now a barber
Suncoast News
Zack Coleman, a Tarpon High student, gets his hair cut by one of the school’s famous alumni champion boxer Peter “Sweet Pete” Frissina at his barber shop. By MARK SCHANTZ | The Suncoast News Many who come into Sweet Pete’s barber shop are surprised to 
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Suncoast News

 

Another new wrinkle for Showtime’s Showbox back to back boxing nights
Examiner.com
If you’re a boxing fan what could be more scrumptious than back-to-back telecasts of boxingaction? Just weeks before celebrating its tenth anniversary, there will be a double airing of ShoBox on consecutive nights, Friday, June 10 at 11 pm and a 
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Chavez Jr. Defends Himself Well Against Tough Questions
BoxingScene.com
To me, boxing is just something that I love do to. I grew up watching boxing. It’s all that I saw all of my life. I saw how good boxing was to my father, and I always wanted to be a part of it somehow and in some way,” said Chavez Jr. “I want to make a 
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Felix Strum vs Matthew Macklin Middleweight Tile Fight to Air on EPIX
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
Live world championship boxing returns to EPIX with the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight title fight between defending champion FELIX STURM and top-rated contender MATTHEW “Mack the Knife” MACKLIN, televised live to the US from the Lanxess 
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Boxing: Reassembling a Defeated Fighter, Kevin Mitchell Begins to Convince
Bleacher Report
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwQZEOQBFUk]There were those who predicted the outcome but the majority bought the theory that Katsidis would fall, as Khan nemesis Breidis Prescott had, to Mitchell’s speed and precise boxing skills. 
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Bleacher Report

 

Blogs
Scoop: Not Your Typical Boxing Column | BoxingInsider.com
By Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski Antonio Margarito’s eye problems are not actually with the eyeball itself but the surrounding orbital bone which was pulverized by the.
BoxingInsider.com – http://www.boxinginsider.com/


Boxing Breakfast: B-Hop Being Honored in Philadelphia Today – Bad 
By Scott Christ
Bernard Hopkins will be honored in Philadelphia, and Bad Left Hook has more boxing news this morning.
Bad Left Hook – http://www.badlefthook.com/

 

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